President Obama Officially Joins Twitter

It only took six years, but President Barack Obama has an official presidential Twitter account. On Monday the president sent out his first tweet, reassuring people that it is indeed him:

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Hello, Twitter! It's Barack. Really! Six years in, they're finally giving me my own account.

— President Obama (@POTUS44) May 18, 2015

Within minutes the tweet had been retweeted close to 20,000 times, and he’s already gained almost 100,000 followers.

BREAKING: President Obama just launched @POTUS with a tweet from the Oval Office. It's really him! #WelcomeToTwitter https://t.co/oMsgvV55i1

— White House Archived (@ObamaWhiteHouse) May 18, 2015

For the longest time, President Obama was hiding out on Twitter at @BarackObama, but it was run by Organizing for Action, which was tied to his presidential campaign. With only a couple of years left in his term, you can rest assured that he’ll resume use of @BarackObama once he leaves the White House. But until then, he’s officially @Potus and Michelle Obama is @Flotus.